Barry University School of Law Library: Databases

AILALink is an excellent resource for immigration law practice and research, with primary and secondary sources provided by AILA, the American Immigration Lawyers Association.

This database covers the multitude of ways humans interact with and explore the earthly skies and distant reaches of outer space. Topics covered include the role of aviation in an interconnected global economy to its function as a means of travel, airline deregulation, passenger screening protocols, administrative bodies and more; to the advances in and impact of space exploration in day-to-day technologies, from the 20th century's race to the moon, space shuttle disasters, proliferation of satellites, and the increasing numbers of commercial entities and their stakes in outer space.

Periodicals published between 1740 and 1940.

Search and browse American newspapers published from 1780-1789 and 1790-1799, as well as Readex Early American Newspapers Series 1, to chronicle the evolution of American culture and daily life from the 18th Century to the recent past.

An online institutional repository of scholarly publications by Barry Law faculty, a growing collection of articles from the Barry Law Review, the Barry Environmental and Earth Law Journal, and the Barry Child and Family Law Journal, and a collection of additional information about the School of Law.

Bloomberg Law is a relatively new and very robust legal research database specializing in transactional law resources, forms, treatises, legal and business news, federal court dockets, all the former subject-specific databases that were once available through BNA Online, and more. Barry Law students, faculty, and staff may create their own accounts using their Barry e-mail addresses.

The Bremer-Kovacs Collection: Historic Documents Related to the Administrative Procedure Act of 1946 is a comprehensive collection designed to make the Administrative Procedure Act's history more accessible and understandable. Various tools, including a clickable timeline, allow researchers to better understand the documents in their historical context.

CALI (Computer Assisted Legal Instruction) publishes over 150 computer-based tutorials in over 20 different legal subject areas. The lessons use a variety of formats and methods for teaching doctrine, analysis and critical thinking skills.

No. 1 source of news, information, and jobs for college and university faculty members and administrators.

HeinOnlines Civil Rights and Social Justice database brings together a diverse offering of publications covering civil rights in the United States as their legal protections and definitions are expanded to cover more and more Americans. Containing hearings and committee prints, legislative histories on the landmark legislation, CRS and GAO reports, briefs from major Supreme Court cases, and publications from the Commission on Civil Rights, this database allows users to educate themselves on the ways our civil rights have been strengthened and expanded over time, as well as how these legal protections can go further still. A varied collection of books on many civil rights topics and a list of prominent civil rights organizations help take the research beyond HeinOnline.

Compiling federal government reports and publications on the various ways COVID-19 has impacted every aspect of life, this database is organized into the following areas of impact: Economics, Global, Health, and Society.

An archive comprising more than 2 million pages, containing manuscripts, books, broadsheets, and periodicals, focusing on the most rapid period of evolution for crime and its associated legal/penal systems.

Consisting of every significant English-language and foreign-language title printed in the United Kingdom during the 18th century, along with thousands of important works from the Americas, Eighteenth Century Collections Online is the most ambitious single digitization project ever undertaken

eBook collection featuring titles in the areas of environmental studies, innovation & technology, law (academic & professional), politics & public policy, and more.

Fastcase is a legal research database that provides access to primary law from all jurisdictions in the United States, as well as a variety of legal treatises in the Loislaw Libraries collection. The Florida Bar is one of several bar associations which provide access to Fastcase as part of their bar membership benefits, but now Barry Law students have access before they become bar members.

Web-based digital video delivery service that allows you to view streaming videos from Films Media Group anytime, anywhere, 24/7! Choose from thousands of high-quality educational titles in dozens of subject areas. Films On Demand delivers outstanding digital video ideal for students and faculty through online catalogs, distance-learning courses, and learning management systems.

Three separate titles which combined provide weekly updates of decisions for federal, state and local courts in Florida.

Includes access to many databases, some provided by the Law Library and some by the Barry Main Library. The law-related titles include the Making of Modern Law collections (also listed separately on this page).

Gale Primary Sources enhances the research experience for students and researchers by broadening their discovery of primary source documents through the use of multiple search options and research tools.

This new HeinOnline collection brings together more than 500 titles dealing with this difficult and important topic. Included are periodicals, key compiled federal legislative histories, relevant congressional hearings, CRS Reports, Supreme Court briefs, and more. Links to nearly 500 scholarly articles, an extensive bibliography, and a balanced selection of external resources to further research this subject are also provided.

One of the most comprehensive tools currently available for legal research. It is the best interface for searching for Law Review Articles and has most titles available from the first volume to today. It also contains a wide variety of databases including historic documents from early British, Scottish and U.S. laws and Tribal law. It is a good resource for finding International Treaties, laws and articles and otherwise hard-to-find resources such as Native American Tribal Law.

A collection of over 700 titles discussing various international law topics.

Hearings and Reports on Successful and Unsuccessful Nominations of Supreme Court Justices by the Senate Judiciary Committee, 1977 Present.

A large database of legislative histories, regulatory, statutory and case law, treatises, articles and other materials on the various subjects of intellectual property.

An open-access, peer-reviewed academic journal of international scope. Its purpose is to promote international research on the topic of open access to law.

Provides an image archive of important scholarly journal literature in nearly all the humanities and social sciences disciplines, international and foreign areas studies, and many of the life sciences.

HeinOnline's Judges and the Judiciary: Exploring America's Court System database focuses on the structure, creation, actions of, and oversight of the courts, both state and federal. When first launched to customers, this database was built around Bernard D. Reams, Jr., et al.’s Congress and the Courts: A Legislative History, 1787-2018, which collected documents relating to congressional concern with the composition and structure of Article III Courts. While this work originally excluded thornier philosophical issues concerning the judiciary, such as the removal of judges and judicial ethics, this database brings these items to the forefront, especially in the wake of 2023 reports of lavish gifts bestowed on Supreme Court justices.

Video streaming platform with over 30,000 award-winning documentaries, foreign and indie films, training films, classic movies and more.

Discover the history of legal education in America through the works of the Law Academy, one of the earliest educational institutions in the United States for law-related education, established in 1821 in Philadelphia, PA. This database gathers the Academy's pamphlets and pairs them with biographical highlights of the author and a summary of its contents.

The Law Library of Congress produces reports on foreign, comparative, and international law in response to requests from Members of Congress, Congressional staff and committees, the federal courts, executive branch agencies, and others. Selected reports are provided for the public for reference purposes only and do not constitute legal advice. The information provided reflects research undertaken as of the date of writing, which has not updated unless specifically noted. There are currently over 3,000 legal reports available online. Current and historical reports are released periodically.

LexisNexis is one of the major online resources for accessing primary legal materials, news, secondary sources and other information.

LGBTQ+ Rights charts the gay rights movement in America, showing the civil rights codified into law in the 20th and 21st centuries, as well as the inequalities that still exist today. Topics covered include the Defense of Marriage Act, the AIDS crisis, military service by gay and transgender service members, "bathroom bills," and more. A separate subcollection presents historical texts whose views some readers may find offensive today, showing the prejudicial beliefs that permeated society and helped formed the laws of their time.

This collection brings together thousands of diverse publications related to the history, glory, might, and daily nitty-gritty of administrating America's fighting forces. Content focuses on the function of the federal government in administrating the armed forces, the armed forces' structural changes over time, and the issues confronting service personnel both on and off the battlefield. Coverage is from the American Revolution on up to the present War on Terror, with selected titles from English military history to supplement understanding of the development of America's own military law.

Developed in conjunction with the William Winthrop Memorial Library of the U.S. Army Judge Advocate General's School, this collection contains publications produced by the JAG on military justice, war crimes, and international law. The collection also contains rare 19th century works on military law and justice, and the complete works of Colonel William Winthrop.

A collection of state laws organized by broad categories (business/consumer, criminal, education, employment, family, general civil, real estate, and tax) and narrower topics.

Includes various case reporters, session laws, journals, and books about the law of New York.

School of Law students, faculty, and staff now have full access to NYTimes.com without needing their own subscriptions. However, YOU MUST REGISTER WHILE ON OUR NETWORK. Login with your Barry credentials and register with your Barry e-mail. Then you can access it from any network or location.

This database has two parts. The first is titled Asia and the West: Diplomacy and Cultural Exchange. The second is British Politics and Society.

This is a full text database of newspaper articles from papers from all 50 states which were in print during the 1800s.

The Open Society Justice Initiative, part of the Open Society Foundations, was established in 2003 to provide expert legal support for its broader mission and values through strategic human rights litigation and other legal work. They publish reports, handbooks, briefing papers, legal and policy submissions, and fact sheets exploring and advocating on issues of human rights and justice.

Oxford Handbooks Online is an outstanding collection of the best Handbooks areas across many different subject areas. One of the most prestigious and successful strands of Oxford’s scholarly publishing, the Handbook series contains in-depth, high-level articles by scholars at the top of their field.
Oxford Handbooks Online is guided by a world-class Editorial Board that bring together the world’s leading scholars to discuss research and the latest thinking on a range of major topics. Each Handbook offers thorough introductions to topics and a critical survey of the current state of scholarship, creating an original conception of the field and setting the agenda for new research. Handbook articles review the key issues and cutting-edge debates, as well as providing arguments for how those debates might evolve.
Barry University currently has access to the Law Collection.

Search over 300 full text journals published by Oxford University Press covering all subject areas. Coverage goes back to 1996.

ProQuest Congressional offers access to congressional publications dealing with the wide variety of topics addressed by Congress.

A Federal legislative history service that makes available thoroughly researched compilations of digital full text publications created by Congress during the process leading up to the enactment of U.S. Public Laws.

Locate publications in your institutions collection, regardless of publisher or provider.

Contains hundreds of unique titles and nearly one million pages, including books, periodicals, and bibliographies. This collection provides a research platform for the development, history, organization, and fundamental principles of various world religions. The collection also includes the Christian Legal Society publications, an assortment of Canon Law, and rare historical bibles.

This database brings early English manuscripts, yearbooks and more to the forefront, providing access to English and American legal history. In addition to primary publications, researchers will also find some of the most influential digests, abridgments, and modern encyclopedias that formed the foundation of English law.

A collection of reference and other titles for law librarians. It includes series such as the Legal Research Guide Series and AALL Publication Series, as well as legal dictionaries, bibliographies and more.

Devoted to the rapid worldwide dissemination of social science research, SSRN is composed of a number of specialized research networks in each of the social sciences, particularly legal scholarship. Barry students, faculty, and staff may register with this site for free, and faculty may submit their articles for publication.

A collection of the constitutions of the 50 states of the United States, together with related documents and resources. Containing the text of every constitution that has been in force for every state with the original, consolidated and current texts and an extensive collection of documents from before statehood, State Constitutions Illustrated provides comprehensive coverage and allows researchers to compare multiple editions from multiple sources.

This CQ Press product provides historical and statistical information regarding the United States Supreme Court as well as information on past and present Justices.

Available through HeinOnline, this database focuses on the exchange of goods and services between the United States and other countries. It includes legislative histories, statutes, articles, government publications and more.

Organized around the four affected presidents, this collection brings together a variety of documents both contemporaneous and asynchronous to each presidents impeachment, presenting both a snapshot of the political climate as each played out and the long view history has taken of past proceedings. Congressional Research Service reports round out a general discussion of presidential impeachment, and a curated list of scholarly articles, external links, and a bibliography provide avenues for further research on this topic. This library will continue to grow as we add new material, particularly as it becomes available for the current proceedings against Donald Trump.

This database includes messages and papers of the presidents, daily and weekly compilations of presidential documents, public papers of the presidents, documents relating to impeachment, Title 3 of the Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) and a host of other related works.

The database includes a new subcollection dedicated to explaining how the electoral college system works, the history of its formation, debates around its efficiency, as well as efforts to reform and even abolish it.

Water Rights & Resources focuses on legal issues surrounding access to and the delivery of water. This collection focuses on the various uses for water, from hydropower, to agriculture, to drinking water, and how increasing pressures on water supply from climate change exacerbates historical tensions over who has access to water for what purposes. It also includes documents on the effects of the Clean Water Act within this framework. Through government documents, reports, and legislative histories, as well as books, scholarly articles and more, this collection examines the many legal issues surrounding society's collective, vested interest in access to water.

Westlaw is one of the premier online legal research services, providing a broad collection of primary and secondary resources, as well as news, business and public records information.

HeinOnline's Judges and the Judiciary: Exploring America's Court System database focuses on the structure, creation, actions of, and oversight of the courts, both state and federal. When first launched to customers, this database was built around Bernard D. Reams, Jr., et al.’s Congress and the Courts: A Legislative History, 1787-2018, which collected documents relating to congressional concern with the composition and structure of Article III Courts. While this work originally excluded thornier philosophical issues concerning the judiciary, such as the removal of judges and judicial ethics, this database brings these items to the forefront, especially in the wake of 2023 reports of lavish gifts bestowed on Supreme Court justices.

The Law Library of Congress produces reports on foreign, comparative, and international law in response to requests from Members of Congress, Congressional staff and committees, the federal courts, executive branch agencies, and others. Selected reports are provided for the public for reference purposes only and do not constitute legal advice. The information provided reflects research undertaken as of the date of writing, which has not updated unless specifically noted. There are currently over 3,000 legal reports available online. Current and historical reports are released periodically.

Developed in conjunction with the William Winthrop Memorial Library of the U.S. Army Judge Advocate General's School, this collection contains publications produced by the JAG on military justice, war crimes, and international law. The collection also contains rare 19th century works on military law and justice, and the complete works of Colonel William Winthrop.